The Washington critic., 1887-12-16
OYSTER LEFT OUT.
Detailed Account of the Action of the
JubOr Federation,

Detailed Account of the Action of tho
Labor Federation.
A Baltimore dispatch TO the CRiTio
yesterday stated that i. W. Oyster,
delegate to the Fedefation OF Labor,
had been finally excluded. Just us Mr..
Wilkinson took his scat rs President
I pro tenn. Delegate Ogden of the Inter
national Typographical Union handed
the secretary the following telegram,
/ which was read:
/ NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec. fi-ro william Og
don, Eutaw House, Baltimore: appoint L. W
] oyster of Washington, d. c., q delegate Of the
| International Typographical Union TO the Amer
President T. 7. U.
This created u stir in the convention,
as Mr. Oyster is one of the delegates
from the Washington Federation of La
bor who were refused recognition by
the convention on Monday. The com
mtteo ON credentials, TO whom the tclc-
gram had been referred, reported adj
vcrsely on it.
Mr.. Ogden stated that he did not see
how the federation could avoid seating
Mr. Oyster when he had appeared be-
fore them, not us the representative of
i the Washington trades, but Of 10000
I union men, and asked that u vote be
/ taken.
! Delegate Blocl; didn't believe the tcle-
/ gram was genuine; it was a scheme TO
/ force Mr.. Oyster down The throats of the
/ conventions. Had President Aimison
/ the right TO appoint Mt will n delegate?
| The gentleman from Washington was
anxious evidently TO get in and present
/ something for his own interest and the
\ T., ,.f, h, f.tnY.tips, Nv Rlprl- did
| not propose TO be bulldozcd by the tele-
/ gram.
Delegate IIaller had no objection per-
sonally to the admission of Mr.. Oyster.
Ills own credentials from the Cigar
makers Union were signed by the eS-
ecutives, and bore the seal Of that union.
He believed in the gcnuineness OF the
telegram, but to accept ii US proper
credential would be to establish a dan
gerous precedent, and he would not
favor Mr. Oysters recognition as dele
gate until he presented proper crcden-
tials.
MT. M'DANiEL's PLEA.
Delegate Mcdaniel thought there en-
listed no reason why the credentials pre-
sented by the Washington delegate
should be ignored. Originally three
delegates to the convention were Sc
lectcd by the International Typographi-
| cal union, but one Of them-Fcllis Of
st. Louis-had become involved in the
printers troubles there and the course
he had taken had necessitatcd his sus-
pension. "rhe work which falls upon
Mr.. Ogden and myself" said Mr.. Me-
Daniel, sis more than we can properly
attend to, and the only way out of our
] Ji JiHnttlttna thn pt,nni nj mn mi #
Mr.. Oyster who is member of the
Union IN good standing, and therefore,
under our constitution, eligible to any
Office in the organization. Apparently
this convention is afraid that it cannot
protect itself against Mr.. Oyster"
Delegate Bebiens was averse to the
course pursued by Mr.. Oyster in order to
procure admittance into the convention.
He was strongly of the opinion, based
upon the aforesaid gentleman's strenu-
Gus efforts, that there was "a niger in
the wood-pile," and he would vote
against the proposition to accept the
telegram as the Washington delegates
credentials.
Secretary Mcclure took a hand, and a
powerful one, too, in the debate, advo-
eating the postponement of any action
in the case until the presentation of ere
dentials signed by the president and Sec
retary of the Typographical Union.
Mr.. OYSTER REGULARLY APPOINTED.
Mr.. Ogden said these could'not be OBJ
tanned for several days, as the president
was in Nashville and the secretary in
Chicago. 81 have been member of
this union since 1869, and am thoroughly
familiar with all its requirements as to
the appointment of delegates. Mr. Oys-
ter is regularly invested with such pow
crs. He is the successor of Mr.. Fellis,
and has right to sit in this convention"
Mr.. Fullis spoke in opposition TO
OYSTERS admission. He was followed
by Delegate IIasson of Baltimore, who
said that when he learned of the pro-
posed appointment of Mr.. Oyster to
represent the union, he asked why q
member Of Baltimore Typographical
Union No. 12 was not chosen. lie con-
suited Mr.. William j. Il. Cooney of that
organization, but was informed that Mr..
Cooney was on the reception committee
and that Union No. l. unanimously
supported Mr. Oyster. Therefore, he
asked that that gentleman be recognized.
OYSTER FINALLY REJECTED.
The motion to defer decision IN the
ease until the arrival of the credentials
signed by the officers of the 1ntcrna-
tional Union was then put to vote, and
carried by majority of IL.
Secretary Mcclure moved TO recon-
slider the motion and lay it Oh the table,
: which prevailed. This action prevents
the revival of the subject during the
present session of the Federation. Mr..
Oyster at once left the hall with his
brother delegate, Mr.. Harvey.
Ixuu;sito Nnxclt;,S for uot;d,,